Jar-wrench



(No Model.)

E. B. COLYER.

JAR WRENCH.

No. 593,736. Patented NovIl 16, 1897.

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ELIAS B. COLYER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

JAR-WRENCH.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,736, dated November16, 1897.

Application filed Mar-ch 25, 1895. Serial No. 543,081. (No model.)

`such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for opening the screw-caps offruit-jars; and

it consists in a bent piece of spring-wire itted v with a soft iiexiblecovering and provided with suitable handles, as will befully describedhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one ofmy improved implements, which is constructed and arranged in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional view of a portion ofthe same.

To construct an implement for opening and closing fruit-jars inaccordance with my invention, I providev a piece of steel or othersuitable wire 1 and cover a portion of the same with a rubber tube 3 and.bend that covered portion in the form of a circle, as shown at Fig. 1on the drawings. The free ends 2 of this wire 1 are bent at radial lineswith the circular portion 3 and the said ends 2 fitted with suitablehandles 4, which when the implement is not in use are separated the onefrom the other. To afford a means for holding the rubber tube 3 firmlyto the wire 1, a spiral'thread 5 is formed about the said wire, as shownat Fig. 2 of the drawings, which also provides for the ready turning orfeeding of the tube on the thread of the wire on the principle of thescrew, as well understood.

In operation two of these implements form a set, the one of largediameter to hold the jar and the other of smaller diameter to grasp thelid or cover. By placing the circle 3 of the smaller implement over thecover in a horizontal position and pressing the handles together therubber circle is clamped tightly about the said cover, thereby aifordinga means of wrenching the same tightly in position, while the largerimplement is clamped .about the body of the jar in the same manner. Thelarge implement may be used for vcarrying the jars about from place toplace while being lled with fruit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The jar-opener consisting of the circular wire havingintegrally formedthereon a spiral thread and having handles at its ends, and the rubbertube enveloping said threaded wire, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signaturethis 10th day of August, A. D. 1894.

ELIAS B. COLYER. [L s] In presence of- JAs. J. MCAFEE, M. E. HARRISON.

